In summarizing Johann said that the 4500 series printers are perfect for CAD type applications, and with the 4520 “You have one machine that can give you both black and white and color and it absolutely serves the purpose well.”  In closing he said that, “We are very happy with the 4500 series printers, both in-house and at our clients’.  The HP printers are very robust with few support issues, and HP has been very responsive.  We do the bulk of the maintenance and offer cradle to grave service from printing, to tracking to billing and more.”

Summary

I used my demo unit almost daily over a three month period without a glitch, and have to agree with Johann that this is one robust machine.  I also never ran out of ink, even though we printed super sized banners galore which we proudly displayed at three trade shows.  I even helped a local industrial design house (1D3D, Inc.) close an important sale by printing out a 3D visualization which they presented to their prospect, who is now a client!  All and all my Designjet 4520 large formatting printing experience was so easy and went so smoothly that I had a hard time figuring out what to write about.  But, that’s a good thing.  This printer just works, and works, and keeps on working.  

If you’re looking for a robust and fast machine that delivers high-quality large-format drawings, graphics, maps, presentations, renders and posters and that can be expanded to include a scanner I highly recommend the cost effective HP  4520 starting at just $10,410.

By: David Heller

David Heller has written more than twelve technical and fiction books published by Addisson-Wesely, Simon-Schuster, Prentice-Hall, McGraw Hill, and more, was a technical writer and professional columnist, and has devoted the past fifteen years to the Internet business primarily focused on MCAD/CAM, Computer Graphics & Animation, Electronic Design Automation, Architectural Engineering & Construction, and Geographical Information Systems.